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Learners’ own answers.
Reading 
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1 The Web, MOOC courses 
2 a web post advertising a course 
3 seven sections (title, attention getter, information about the 
course, acknowledgement of the sponsorship, information 
about the educator, links to social media and requirements) 
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1 The course is suitable for those who are interested in natural 
history, conservation or the environment.
2 Participants in the course will learn about interrelationships 
between organisms, how they are studied and how a habitat 
interacts with organisms. 
3 Case studies will illustrate how understanding ecosystems 
shows us how each one is important and how we can preserve 
them.
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The texts are similar in the type of information provided: title, 
attention getter, course description. The main body of the texts is 
of approximately the same length.
The texts are different in the number of headings: Text 2 only 
has the heading ‘About the course’. It doesn’t have enrolment 
requirements, an acknowledgement of the sponsor, links to social 
media or the name of the educator either. 
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1 It gets the reader’s attention. 
2 The imperative. It tells students what they can do on the course.
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Learners’ own answers.
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1 I 2 ER 3 I 4 AG 5 I 6 AG 7 AG
Language focus
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1 for 2 to 3 in 4 for 5 in 6 from 7 to
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Will + infinitive is used to make predictions.
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1 is going to be 2 will allow 3 is going to be 
4 is going to attract 5 will leave 6 will recognise